Huntsville gazette., 1887-05-28
or GENERAL INTEREST.


terms and models for the metal indus
try.
1t costs about one and one-haH
cents pound to manufacture sugar
ine'' by the secret formula which is in
use. H.l
-Side-saddles were first used in
England in 1888. Up to that timo
ladies rode on horseback just as the
men.
Bank note engraving is said to
have been carried to greater perfec-
ssstion. in the United States than any
where else in the world.
A white owl flew aboard a steamer
from Hull, England, while seven hum
dred and fifty miles from land, recent
ly, and was brought to Boston.
The first triple expansion engine
built in the United States was from the
Goss Machine Engine Works, Bath,
Me-. and was put on board the steamer
Meteor.
A lady of Lewiston, Me-, who re-
Gently was badly frightened by street
loafer, now carries a package Of red
pepper in her pocket, and is rather
anxious that some ruffian should insult
her.
There must be some profit in five
cent music, for man who deals in if
and sells nothing else, has taken
store on Broadway, N. Y, at yearly
rental of six thousand five hundred dol
lars.
General Annenkoff. who is build
ing the Russian railroad at Bokhara, is
man of tifty-fve years, full of vigor,
energy and hope. His wife is less than
half his age and is very wealthy Ger
man lady.
A bald eagle killed recently neal
Santa Rosa, Cal, measured seventy
eight inches from tip to tip of his
wings, and his talons, when opened,
measured seven and quarter inches.
- Chicago Herald.
The bounty law passed by the Mon
tana Legislature gives on mountain
lions and bears three dollars, wolves
two dollars, COYOTES one dollar, prai-
rie dogs ten cents, and ground squir-
rels five cents each.
A correspondent of the Buffalo
Commercial AdDertiser says OF Mrs.
Wilson, who is the sister of P. P. Bliss:
| with a voice sweet and of great
strength, she moves at will an audience
to tears or high resolve"
Edward Payson Weston, the father
of long distance walking, has again
returned to journalism, his original
occupation, and he is now a member Of
The staff of one of the morning papers
IF this city.-N. Y. Herald. ,......
English horticulturists have redis-
covered an old-fashioned flower, a daf-
f,dil, which differs from all known daf-
fodils. Its blossoms are of clear,
bright chrome yellow, and it has been
called Narcissus cyclamineus, on ac-
count of its refexed perianth.
The number of horses exported
fro m the port of New York during the
pa,it four years, and their value, was as
follows: In 1883, $40 head; value, $161-
75O. In 1884, 488 head; value, $751;
635. In 1885, 375 head; value, $143,-
4s1. In 1886, 38S head; value, $780,
| 358. ata a
The Russian Empress is one of the
most active of women. She rises early
and goes to bed late, walks a great
deal, reads enormously, is passionately
fond Of dancing and dress, and still
finds time for works of charity, which
she generously patronizes.- Chicago
Herald. s w tg4t4. H .4aa.
One of the most active old gentle
men in Georgia is Smart Hubbard, col
ored, who recently celebrated his one
hundred and first birthday. His sight
and hearing are perfect, and he talks
freely and intelligently. He never saw
George Washington, as he was inn
ported from Africa in 1856 Chicago
Times.
"A tract of sulphur, one hundred
and TWEEN ty-five acres in extent and
from three to fifteen feet deep, is said
to have been discovered in the Tara
vera district of New Zealand, where
the great volcanic convulsion occurred
last year. According to the natives, it
has been known to them for years.-N.
Y. Ledger. b.f-a -t nH'a
1t has been calculated that in Dig
ging square perch of ground, with
spits of the. usual dimensions Of 7x8
inches, the spade is thrust into the
ground 700 times; and that as each
spadeful of earth, if the spade pene-
trate, as it ought to, nine inches,
weighs on an average quite seventeen
pounds, there are 1900 pounds of
earth in perch nine inches deep
Boston Budget. l1ayeb f h iaas aa.
I'm Yell County, Ark, last week,
Mrs. Sarah Dimnitt was riding along
the road with her little boy behind her,
and in passing burning tree saw that
it was going to fall across the road.
She screamed and the horse stopped